Many of you will already be familiar with the Australian foursome’s lead single “Climbing Walls”, but now it’s time for a proper introduction with their debut EP properStrange Talk. Coming off like the perfect hybrid of Friendly Fires and Phoenix with a bit of that Down Under electro touch thrown in for good measure, the Aussie four-piece are one of the most polished and exciting new acts we’ve heard in ages.
Fully equipped with an arsenal of stadium-ready anthems, “Climbing Walls” is all shimmering synths, cascading bass surges and expert delay pedal use, while next single “Eskimo Boy” shines as the bands flagship anthem, churning synths and heavy basslines slowly building up to the kind of dancefloor-swallowing breakdown Neon Gold dreams are made of.
Elsewhere, “Is It Real” and “We Can Pretend” beg to be blasted with the top down on the open roads of summer as producer Eliot James (Two Door Cinema Club, Bloc Party), earns his 2011 Music Producers’ Guild Breakthrough Producer of the Year award with some of his finest work yet. Look no further, your summer has arrived.
Strange Talk’s ‘Strange Talk EP’ is out now on Neon Gold
We headed down to Geneva over the weekend for the HEAD Fashion Show, made up of 23 Bachelor and 8 Master graduate collections offering a fresh, diverse, and contemplative reading of what clothing can be today.
Over four intense days, 30 students from across Europe breathed strange, electric life into discarded garments — relics pulled back from the brink and reimagined with hands that refuse to waste. What emerged wasn’t just clothing, but a shared vocabulary: sustainability as a dialect, mending as a manifesto.
AMIRI’s Pre-Spring 2026 draws inspiration from John Hughes’ 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, paying homage to its universal story and the contradictions of youth.
Drop Books has released its second publication, titled “Wildness.” The book is a collaboration between photographer Mark Borthwick and fashion designer Duran Lantink.
The campaign’s narrative is a journey that captures the spirit of travel through different lights: the Parisian sunset, the break of dawn, and the glow of a bonfire.
In the digital age, a “personal brand” is often a carefully curated facade. But for Carlos Vasconcellos, it’s something far more authentic: a direct line to his soul.
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
